Barkley Sound · Canada · Reef
Tyler Rock
A canyon lined top to bottom with giant white plumose anemones
Tyler Rock is a classic Barkley Sound site in the far eastern corner of the Sound. Its centrepiece is a small underwater canyon lined from top to bottom with giant white plumose anemones, and it is one of the places in the Sound where a sixgill shark has been met.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Barkley Sound and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
Boats anchor on the rock, and the dive spans depths from the shallows to about 30 m (100 ft). The feature divers come for is the canyon: hundreds of pure white, giant plumose anemones line it from top to bottom, and divers fin through the middle of the mass. A prehistoric sixgill shark has been encountered here.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Good | Good |
Season follows Barkley Sound: Dived year-round; autumn is the prime window, winter brings the clearest water and June a plankton bloom near the surface.
Dive videos
1993 Dive at Tyler Rock, BC. Blunt-nosed Six-gill sharks at 120 feet deep · Reel Life on YouTube
Sources
- Tyler Rock — Underwater Photography
- Scuba Diving Barkley Sound — Scuba Diver Life
- Emerald in the Rough — Scuba Diving
More dive sites in Barkley Sound
Pinnacle
Twin pinnacles crowded with anemones, nudibranchs and sea pens
Wreck
A 1950 Japanese-built freighter broken in two on the Austin Island reef
Pinnacle
Rock pillars and a great canyon cut into the outer Broken Group
Wall
Short cliffs off Gibraltar Island over a steep shell-sand slope
Reef
A shallow circuit around a sheltered Broken Group islet
Similar dives elsewhere
Reef
Birchy Head
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Three routes from one beach, including a ledge at 27 m (90 ft)
Fast, clear water and oversized fish off the peninsula's headland
An advanced shore dive to 26 m (85 ft)
Quartz crystals that sparkle in the rocks around the entry